Example Sentences

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New York’s star left wing fired a shot from the left circle into an empty net as Lankinen had overcompensated for Strome at the goalmouth.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 4, 2021

DeBoer said all Jones needed was a few small adjustments as he had overcompensated from being too passive late in the season to being overly aggressive in the first four games against the Golden Knights.

From Seattle Times • May 10, 2019

He suspected that it had happened because he had overcompensated for lingering effects of the injury to his right leg.

From New York Times • Nov. 8, 2017

He made a second batch, and left them in longer, but was dismayed to find that he had overcompensated: the figures were burnt a dark brown, which was not at all what he had intended.

From The New Yorker • Jun. 9, 2016